South Africa's Position on Linkage

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South africa made it clear to the ragan administration that they would never accept any outcome that led to swapo winning power in nimibia. So south africa's actual position was an entirely maximos one that conceded nothing. Did the ragin administration understand that? Or was linkage merely a pretext to preserve the status quo that south africa wanted? It's a very good question, looke. From south africa perspective, one could say it made sense.

The second of Dan’s two-part interview with Piero Gleijeses on his book Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976–1991. This is the story of Cuba’s military defense of the Angolan government against a US and South Africa-backed effort to overthrow the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). The future of the entire region was on the line—including the fate of apartheid in South Africa and of Namibia, then a South African colony. Learn Southern African geography by studying these maps: thedigradio.com/visions-of-freedom-maps Support The Dig with money at Patreon.com/TheDig and receive our weekly newsletter.